Job 6:5

"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me."

Key Reflection

In Job 6:5, these verses depict Job's profound sense of divine judgment and suffering. He portrays his torment as if inflicted by the Almighty’s arrows, with his spirit absorbing their toxic force, highlighting the intense spiritual and emotional anguish he endures at God's hand.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? -On the habits of the wild ass, see the notes atJob 11:12. The meaning of Job here is, that he did not complain without reason; and this he illustrates by the fact that the wild animal that had a plentiful supply of food would be gentle and calm, and that when its bray was heard it was proof that it was suffering. So Job says that there was a reason for his complaining. He was suffering; and perhaps he means that his complaint was just as natural, and just as innocent, as the braying of the ass for its food.

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